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AMD · 2008

Radeon HD 4870 — 512 MB

Radeon HD 4870 — 512 MB: 512 MB GDDR5, 150 W, 800 Stream processors. Launched June 25, 2008 at $299.

Memory
512 MB
Power
150 W
Bus width
256 bit
Memory512 MB130 of 183 in Radeon HD
Power150 W33 of 157 by higher draw in Radeon HD
Stream processors80039 of 179 in Radeon HD
Launch price$29921 of 75 in Radeon HD

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Memory

Capacity
512 MB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
900 MHz
Bandwidth
115.2 GB/s

Compute

Stream processors
800
TMUs
40
ROPs
16
FP32
1,200 GFLOPS
FP64
240 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
12 GP/s
Texture fill rate
30 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
750 MHz

Board

TDP
150 W
Bus interface
PCIe 2.0 ×16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
299 USD

Physical

Codename
RV770 XT
Process
55 nm
Transistors
956 million
Die size
256 mm²
Series
Radeon HD
Launch date
June 25, 2008

Not recorded by the source: generation, architecture, sm count and boost clock, or 1 further field.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

256 mm² die · 800 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 8 shaders.256 mm² die · 800 shadersEach dot = 8 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the Radeon HD 4870 ranks 41st of 121 for FP32 throughput and 130th of 183 for memory capacity. Its 150 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1364362273 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16